70% of Tokenized Assets Fall Short on Transparency, Report Finds | Markets Outlook

Chronicle Founder Nik Kunkel joins CoinDesk's Kate Irwin on Markets Outlook to unpack their new report that found over $12 billion in tokenized assets falling short on transparency. Kunkel breaks down the five pillars every tokenized asset needs to meet, why roughly 70% of the assets reviewed don't clear the bar, and what real-time, verifiable proof-of-asset data means for institutions like BlackRock, BNY Mellon and Galaxy racing to bring trillions onchain.

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Timecodes:

00:00 - Niklas Kunkel Joins Markets Outlook

02:21 - Chronicle's New Report: Tokenization's Hidden Problem

03:50 - $12.3B Exposed: 70% of Tokenized Assets Fail the Test

06:12 - The Five Pillars Every Tokenized Asset Needs

08:18 - How to Achieve Proof of Asset